What is the point?

I came across this article and now matter how I read and reread is it, it just confused me to the point that it became funny. I’m not sure what the author, Joshunda Sanders is actually writing about. She talks about Texas native Mrs. Jones, who is 109 years old and still voting in a light of it being a huge accomplishment. Then she talks about her being the descendent of a slave. She continues with stories of Mrs. Jones being the middle of 13 children and having 10 of her own. And finalizes with arguments of who is the oldest voter in the Nation. I agree Mrs. Jones’ 109 years is an accomplishment, and that being that age and understanding the election and who she is voting for is a quite an undertaking. Her Daughters seemed to have more to say in the interview than she did. Did they have the “say” on whom she voted for too? I do not understand what being the Daughter of a slave has to do with whether or not 109 year old Mrs. Jones voted. Sanders’ opening line “Amanda Jones, 109, the daughter of a man born into slavery…” that’s a label she put on Mrs. Jones, who probably has a lot more to do, with 10 children and 33 grandchildren, than dwell about that any longer. The percentage of black Americans that are descendants of slaves is staggering considering that in the early 1800’s they were 20% of a 7,500,000 population. And, do we really care who the oldest voter in the Nation is? We need to care about whether or not anyone is checking with these senior citizens to see that they actually understand the policies and platforms of those running for office, or are their children using the senior’s votes to chose what they want. The audience this author is looking for is anyone’s guess. The article seemingly had not point; it's jumbled, hap hazard, and didn’t have any surprise statistics. Someone who worked that long ago would have made $20 per month. My Mom is only 75 years old and remembers working for $1 a day 4-5 days a week. The article didn’t sell me on anything but did raise the idea that someone should look into “who” is actually doing the voting for these seniors. It’s been found out in the past that seniors incapable of any understanding or communicating and even in vegetative states have been found on voting ballets, so it wouldn’t be a surprise. Maybe Sanders should do an article on that. Now that would be interesting.